Correspondence to Dr Henrik Hansen, Respiratory Research Unit, Hvidovre Hospital Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hvidovre 2650, Denmark; henrik.hansen.09{at}regionh.dk Home-based pulmonary ...

Background Early-life inflammation has long been recognised as a key pathophysiological process in the evolution of cystic ...

Associations of pulmonary microvascular blood volume with per cent emphysema and CT emphysema subtypes in the community: the MESA Lung study ...

Academic Respiratory Medicine, St Bartholomew's and Royal London Schools of Medicine and Dentistry and London Chest Hospital, London, UK Dr J A Wedzicha, Academic Respiratory Medicine, Dominion House, ...

5 Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain 6 Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain Correspondence to Dr ...

BACKGROUND The guidelines on chemotherapy and management of tuberculosis in the United Kingdom have been reviewed and updated. METHODS A subcommittee was appointed by the Joint Tuberculosis Committee ...

Objective We assessed associations between physical activity and lung function, and its decline, in the prospective population-based European Community Respiratory Health Survey cohort.

1 Institute for Breathing and Sleep, Austin Hospital, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia 2 Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Austin Hospital, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia 3 The Northern ...

Background The aetiology of acute exacerbations of COPD (AECOPD) is incompletely understood. Understanding the relationship between chronic bacterial airway infection and viral exposure may explain ...

Background The natural history and time course of the onset of exacerbation events of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is incompletely understood. Methods A prospective cohort of 212 ...

Background Exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are characterised by increased dyspnoea, reduced quality of life and muscle weakness. Re-exacerbation and hospital admission ...

Rationale Early natural menopause (early-M; <45 years of age) increases the risk of lung morbidities and mortalities in smokers. However, it is largely unknown whether early-M due to surgery ...